Emma Penella
Manuela Ruiz Penella known as Emma Penella (Madrid, March 2, 1931 - Ibidem, August 27, 2007) was a Spanish film, theater and television actress.
Daughter of the politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso and Magdalena Penella Silva, granddaughter of the composer Manuel Penella Moreno, great-granddaughter of the also musician Manuel Penella Raga, sister of the also actresses Elisa Montés (1934) and Terele Pávez (1939-2017). She married film producer Emiliano Piedra with whom she had three daughters: Emma, Lola and Emiliana. She was also the aunt of the actress Emma Ozores (daughter of her sister Elisa Montés and the actor Antonio Ozores).
Actress of marked personality and prestige since the 1950s, she triumphed in cinema thanks to films such as Luis García Berlanga's El verdugo (The Executioner) and maintained intense theatrical activity. She renewed her popularity in her later years participating in the television series Aquí no hay quien viva (2003-2006) and La que se avecina (2007).
Acting
TV
La que se avecina
as Charo de la Vega
2007
TV
No One Could Live Here
as Concha de la Fuente
2003
Movie
The Executioner
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
1963
Movie
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
as Doña Justa
1987
Movie
Bulgarian Lovers
as Remedios
2003
Movie
El amor brujo
as Tía Rosario
1986
Movie
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Teresa Panza
1992
Movie
Red Fish
as Ivón
1955
Movie
Our Father
as María
1985
Movie
The Search
as Rosa
1966
Movie
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as Estrella
1956
Movie
Comedians
as Marga
1954
Movie
Doña Francisquita
as Aurora la Beltrana
1952
Movie
Pídele cuentas al rey
as Carmen
2000
Movie
FFG, el último gran conversador
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
Movie
Condemned to Hang
as Consuelo
1953
Movie
La hora incógnita
1963
Movie
The Eyes Leave a Trace
as Lola
1952
Movie
The War Starts in Cuba
as Juanita / Adelaida
1957
Movie
The Regent's Wife
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
1974
Movie
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Leticia Romero
1957
Movie
First Surrender
1971
Movie
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
TV
Juncal
as Teresa Campos
1989
